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tropical cyclone
(redirected from Supertyphoon)

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tropical cyclone
n.
A violent storm originating over tropical or subtropical waters, characterized by violent rainstorms and high-velocity cyclonic winds.
tropical cyclone  (trp-kl)
See under cyclone.
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Weather officials said Parma, billed as a supertyphoon, altered course toward the northernmost tip of the Philippines' Luzon island.
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Typhoon Parma, billed earlier as a supertyphoon as it raced toward the country, altered course towards the northernmost tip of the Philippines' main Luzon island and away from the nation's partly submerged capital Manila.
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